वनं प्रज्वलयन् रम्यं रामाश्रमपदं च तत्। मनोहरं दर्शनीयं रूपं कृत्वा स राक्षसः॥ प्रलोभनार्थं वैदेह्या नानाधातुविचित्रितम्। विचरन् गच्छते सम्यक् शाद्वलानि समन्ततः॥
vanaṃ prajvalayan ramyaṃ rāmāśramapadaṃ ca tat| manoharaṃ darśanīyaṃ rūpaṃ kṛtvā sa rākṣasaḥ|| pralobhanārthaṃ vaidehyā nānādhātuvicitritam| vicaran gacchate samyak śādvalāni samantataḥ||
English Meaning
And in no time the Rākşasa assumed the shape of a beautiful deer. To tempt Vaidehī that ranger of the night, assuming a beautiful countenance painted with diverse metals, illumining the beautiful forest and Rāma's asylum with its beauty, and ranging at large on the green field and living on grass, began to
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)